Hospital phone call to replace ‘GP to follow up lab results’

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Hospital phone call to replace ‘GP to follow up lab results’

Martin
Johnston
Nurse on Phone CR Dragos Condrea on iStock
To ease GPs’ inbox burden, routine copying of results will stop and monitoring or follow up is to be agreed with a phone call to the primary care recipient [Image: Dragos Condrea on iStock]
Practices are being asked to set up special phone access for hospital doctors to contact GPs over patient test results that need attention, rather tha